Travel Blogs from Puerto Varas, Chile

... able to go on a mountain bike trip of a lifetime: Crossing the Andes from San Carlos de Bariloche (Argentina) to PuertoVaras (Chile) combining biking with lake crossings by boat.
Trip Facts:
The distance -
39 nautical miles by catamaran, 165 Km ...

Day 40 – 42 PuertoVaras, Chile Arrived in Puerto Montt after a 2 hr flight and picked up our 'not so top of the range' Chevrolet Corsa, which was noisy and sounded like it was made of tin – but got us everywhere we needed to go! We rattled ...

... in driving on the wrong side of the road...we stalled a couple of times and then finally made it out of the maze that is PuertoVaras (all of six streets to get lost in) and off we went round the Llangquihue lake towards Volcano Osorno. We stopped at each ...

We were only in PuertoVaras, Chile for 1.5 days, so we had to make the most of it.
I have been wanting to do some Canyoning for a while and apparently this was the place to do it. Lara, Jess, Dawna, Max and I all got wetsuits, helmets and ...

... in Puerto Montt and we got a transfer straight to the bus station. Its a bit of a dive so we jumped on a bus to PuertoVaras which is 30 mins north. PuertoVaras is a sweet little tourist town next to Lago Llanquihue, the second biggest lake in Chile. ...

... scary but the driver was fantastic and it wasn't as if there was any other traffic to worry about!
Finally arrived at PuertoVaras, colonised by the Germans in the mid 1880s (no, they were invited in by the Chilean government) and at first ...

When we were hiking around the Torres, we chatted to a couple who highly recommended PuertoVaras, as a beautiful alternative to port town Puerto Montt. Since they were from Chile we took their advice and were really pleased that we did.
Puerto ...

... (have dropped Chiloe due to cost and time issues), then go for a bike ride in the afternoon. But no bus goes there from PuertoVaras. So I decided on Bariloche (bigger town, can go on from there to San Martin). The first company (the biggest one!) ...

... then bus across the border again to Argentina and the city of Bariloche.
Another 2 nights in a self contained flat at P.Varas prior to leaving Chile was not hard to cope with either. The rain has been a blessing as it has given our bodies a well earned ...

Oh lordy! I just wrote a whole new entry and this computer decided to delete it, it´s like a retarded sloth so sorry for my bad typing. Anyways, as you may have guessed from the title, it´s cold and rainy in this place- not too nice! also, its a ...

... viewing options so far have been old Steven Segal & Dolph Lundgren movies, in Spanish & generally with no subtitles). Peurto Varas was a really nice town, right on the edge of the massive Lake Llanquihue, with two active volcanos in easy view ...

... between our spanish and his english none of us knew what was going on when we collected it. We headed from the airport to PuertoVaras about half way from where we were due to pick Sarah and Blaithin up the following day.
This is a pretty little ...

... young boy of about 3 who danced and sang for us in the market, we jumped back on the bus and headed an hour further up to PuertoVaras. This is quite a nice little town and the hostel we had was good too. Until, that is, we were asked to leave for making ...

... ;ticket
WITHOUT leaving my laundry behind
WITHOUT being forced to stay another night, in a different hostel
And WITH everything (relatively) sorted out properly
So at the moment I´m in a pretty good mood!
From Chile, but not for long
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The ´book said` sit on the left hand side as you fly south in Chile. Do you know what? - the book is dead right. All we can remember from school when we were taught about South America is that the Andes run the length of the country - and WOW!! you ...

... for two nights before we could sort things out. We had already lost three nights of our 6 night, unrefundable booking at PuertoVaras. Back at Econorent, the Puerto Montt office hadn’t called back so the girl rang them again. We were ...

... net and it was the space station... so bright too, I haven´t seen it that bright from Scotland before...) It passes over tonight again - Scotland as well so keep your eyes peeled! So PuertoVaras gets the thumbs up. Nice place, nice beer and nice ...

Every day I say to myself that it cannot get much more beautiful than this and then it does. I have to say that our planet Earth is the most amazing and mindblowingly beautiful place and I have only scratched the surface. I wish everyone ...

... around 120 degrees, so it's not completely flat, but very easy to get comfortable and sleep. Not that I did! I finally arrived in PuertoVaras at 8.30 pm and luckily for me I had already been here so I knew how to get to the hostel and ...

... (another eight hour bus trip with two of them spent at the Argentina exit shed and two more at the Chile entry shed), I came to PuertoVaras, another big adventure/trekking town sitting on a lake with two huge volcanos on the other side. If I ...

Seth and I spent a couple of days in PuertoVaras staying in the most organised, German-run, hostel ever! The weather wasn´t great whilst we were here but we still managed to eat some fantastic Kuchen und Torten in an old German settlement and ...